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Register Your Biofuel Facility
This page last reviewed January 10, 2013
The
Biofuel Producer Registration (registration) is a voluntary,
non-regulatory program created to assist regulated parties subject to
the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. The registration is
intended to serve only as
a clearinghouse of biofuel producers, both within the State (i.e.,
regulated party biofuel producers) and without (i.e., regulated party
or non-regulated party biofuel producers). The Registration Form is for
use by any such biofuel producer to voluntarily register its facilities
that produce ethanol or biomass-based diesel fuel that
is or can be sold, supplied, or offered for sale in California.
Registration involves providing to ARB the
Carbon Intensity (CI) values and an Initial Demonstration of the
Physical
Pathway (how the fuel arrives in California) for the fuel(s) produced
at their
facilities.
Important Note to Biofuel Producers and Purchasers of Biofuels
The accuracy of any information submitted pursuant to this voluntary registration, including but not limited to any claimed CI values, and the verification of any such submitted information is the sole responsibility of the biofuel producer that submitted the information. The ARB makes no warranties, express, implied, or otherwise, as to the validity, accuracy, marketability, merchantability, or any other aspect of any information submitted under this registration program or any information published by ARB as a result of or derived from this registration. No data, analysis, results, or other information that may be published by ARB as a result of registration shall constitute or be construed as instruments, securities, or any other form of property. Further, no LCFS credit derived from the registration data, analysis, results or other registration information published by ARB shall constitute or be construed as instruments, securities, or any other form of property.
ARB reserves the right to review and audit at any time any of the information submitted as part of this registration and, as a result, the registration data, analysis, results, or other registration information published by ARB are subject to change.
Registration Form
For registration, please download the Registration
Form below and follow the instructions inside:
Biofuel Registration
How to select Carbon Intensity (CI) Values during registration
The LCFS Carbon Intensity Lookup Tables
are embedded in the Registration From to facilitate your CI value
selection. You may directly click the following link to see the most
updated Lookup
Tables.
The Most Updated Lookup Tables
When selecting the Carbon Intensity Value
for the fuel produced at your biofuel facility, please refer to the
Detailed California-Modified GREET Pathways for Transportation Fuels to
ensure that the
Carbon Intensity Value is appropriate for your facility. The published
fuel pathways can be found at:
Published Fuel Pathways
If there is no fuel pathway in the Lookup
Tables that closely matches the facility feedstock and production
process, you will need to apply for a new or modified LCFS fuel pathway
under what is known as
the “Method 2A/2B process.” For additional information, please
contact John Courtis at 916 323-2661 or Wes Ingram at 916-322-3984.
That process is described in a guidance document found at:
Guidance Document
ARB has posted a number of ARB initiated fuel
pathways (Internal ARB Fuel Pathways), and Method 2A-2B Applications for new or
modified fuel pathways (External Fuel Producers Pathways) under the California
Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). These new fuel pathways can be found at:
New Fuel Pathways
If you want to register with any of these newly published fuel pathways and Carbon Intensity (CI) numbers, please refer to the “Instruction” sheet of the Registration From. Please note that use of Method 2A-2B fuel pathways and CI values are subject to specific conditions and ARB approval.
Contacts:
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Solarz
or at (916) 323-2790; or Jing Yuan or at (916)322-8875.
